Fabio Capello
Fabio Capello – distinguished football manager (and former Italian international), having won many league and cup titles, including Serie A, La Liga and the Champions League. Fabio Capello has a reputation for being totalitarian in training and for shunning ‘pretty football’ for the sake of results. He also has one of the most impressive art collections in Italy. He currently manages the England national team (Fabio Capello profile).
So who is accountable for England’s mess?
Who has the best league in the world? Many will say the Premier League. Sky Sports will ram slo-mo 3D HD clips down our throat until the cows come home but we should be looking to our victors last night for the business model that works for all parties. Fans gets to see their teams in stadiums designed with them in mind and prices that would make some Blue Square Conference teams blush, they get to see attacking football played by players who have been given the opportunity to develop through their youth systems. TV games are rigidly structured in advance so that every one knows who is playing when and the media knows when to start and stop building the hype and intruding.
World Cup News: Don’t Blame Jermain Defoe, He Wasn’t There!
Good morning my dears, and welcome to the daily World Cup column on Soccerlens. No action to report. STOP. Please send biscuits. STOP Here’s your round-up of all the World Cup-related goings-on this fine morrow… (If you would like to subscribe to this column – and others like it on Soccerlens – then please feel…
Premier League football doesn’t cut it at this level
The past few days has seen players, managers, coaches, journalists, reporters and almost anybody with a television set give their views on why England produced such a disappointing World Cup campaign. This has normally brought negative views regarding previously worshipped manager Fabio Capello and complaints over over-paid lacklustre performances from England’s supposed star players. I…
German U21 stars outshine England’s ‘Golden Generation’
Leading into the World Cup, the German side were looked upon as an unknown quantity. A side without their talisman Michael Ballack and the investment in youth by Joachim Löw failed to fill many pundits with confidence they resembled great German teams of the past. They were regarded as a team in transition rather than…
World Cup News: England Lost, But At Least Gabriel Heinze Got Clocked!
Top of the morning and welcome to the daily World Cup column on Soccerlens. You may have noticed that England did a ‘lose’ yesterday when they really should have done a ‘win’, and it seems that the manner in which they whimpered out of the World Cup has angered an awful lot of people –…
‘Arrogant’ England Fob Off The World’s Media
The world’s media were left with their jaws on the floor yesterday, when England’s press briefing (before their systematic dismantling at the hands of Germany) lasted barely five minutes – and featured a meagre amount of questions fielded only from hand-picked British journalists. More than 250 journalists and around 30 television crews from around the…
World Cup News: FIFA Introduce Synchronised Refereeing?
Guten morgen and willkommen to the daily World Cup column on Soccerlens. Three words: England…Germany…versus. Rearrange! Here’s this morning’s World Cup news round-up… (If you would like to subscribe to this column – and others like it on Soccerlens – then please feel free to follow this link, or you can also just enter your…
Franz Beckenbauer Taunts ‘Stupid’ England
German legend Franz Beckenbauer has yet again been quick to criticise English football, by branding Fabio Capello‘s side as ‘stupid’ for failing to secure the top spot in Group C – thus avoiding a tough tie against Germany in the second round of the World Cup. The 64-year-old, who lambasted England’s ‘kick and rush’ playing…
World Cup News: The Secret Behind England’s Revival? A Good Old Fashioned Pint!
A very good day to you all, and welcome to the daily World Cup column here on Soccerlens. It seems England may have a certain brand of beer to thank for the upturn in their World Cup fortunes after all. Apparently coach Fabio Capello decided that the only way to get his team up and…
World Cup News: Fabio Capello Isn’t Crazy!
Good morning everybody and welcome once more to the daily World Cup column on Soccerlens. England take on Group C leaders Slovenia (that just doesn’t sound right does it?) later today and need to pull a convincing win out of the bag in order to, at least momentarily, silence their growing phalanx of doubters. Could…
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